Introduction to research

Local History Materials

Local History

These resources provide narrative and visual coverage of Pueblo from its founding through the past century. You can use their bibliographies to track down their references. Some of them may be primary sources. Some may be available at one of the local libraries or archives- here, Rawlings Library, or the Steelworks Center, and some may be available using Worldcat or Prospector.

Overview of its creation: "The building's principal dome was 72 feet high. It was decorated with female
figures, 16 feet in length, representing the various countries of the world. Also in this dome were
large paintings done in cameo effect, of eight great Americans. No one remembers who the eminent Americans were."

Alva Adams served as the fifth, tenth and 14th Governor of Colorado from 1887 to 1889, 1897 to 1899, and briefly in 1905. The collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, essays, speeches and manuscripts, photographs, scrapbooks, framed items, artifacts, and clippings relating to the political careers and personal lives of Alva Blanchard Adams (1875- ), his son, Alva B. Adams (1915-1981) and their respective families.

Ralph C. Taylor was a historian and the author of many books and articles about Colorado. He was news director of the Pueblo Star-Journal and the Pueblo Chieftain. The collection consists of historical booklets about Colorado, photographs of Pueblo and Colorado subjects and a typescript entitled "Highlights of Colorado City from its beginning in 1859 to 1976, the 100th birthday of Colorado and the 200th birthday of the nation."

These historic maps from the late 1800s are specially coded to provide quick visual accounts of safety levels for all buildings in a city. Now, they provide a glimpse into the past.

Catalogs

Super Search is our and Ft. Collins' library catalog and single search system. You'll find many databases' articles and other resources through it, as well as our book collections. You can request books from Ft. Collins and graduate students have a 6 month check out period. Materials are sent here to and returned at the circulation desk.

Worldcat is an international shared catalog of tens of thousands of libraries. The "original" interface lets you create your own account and offers sophisticated search indexes. Same as above: materials are sent to and returned at the circulation desk.

Historic Newspapers

With digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers and advanced searching capabilities, researchers will be able to research history in ways previously unavailable. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration. Colorado newspaper coverage is from the mid-1860s-1890s.

Digital Archives

More than one million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences. Includes contributions from outstanding international museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates.

Contains thousands of photographs, manuscripts, maps, books, audio recordings, and other materials of historical interest that have been digitized and made freely available by libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies in Massachusetts.

This open access collection from the George Mason University’s History Matters Project features prepared and selected primary documents in text, image, and audio about the experiences of ordinary Americans throughout U.S. history. The “full search” feature on the site allows users to choose resources by historical period, topic, type of resource, etc.

Letters, Diaries and More

Published and unpublished works by 400+ authors. Search by historical event or life experience. Includes digital reproduction and full-text transcription of the Black Panther newspaper, and oral histories from authors, artists, and activists.